Environmental Policy Working Group

The ESI Policy Working Group strives to foster and develop interdisciplinary policy research and projects focusing on the environment. The first ESI working group initiated by graduate students, our members come from a variety of academic departments, professions, and backgrounds. The policy foci of group members include such diverse topics as climate change, sustainable development, wildlife protection, and water. The Policy Working Group provides a forum for transfer of research ideas among our academic and professional members and communication with policy makers and the scientific community at large.

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Members:

Jay Banner
Department of Geological Sciences
Email: banner@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: Earth surface processes

Kelley Crews-Meyer
Department of Geography and the Environment
Email: kacm@uts.cc.utexas.edu
Interests: remote sensing, land use / land cover change

Heather Alden
Department of Geography and the Environment
Email: heatheralden@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: International Environmental Conservation Policy

Kevin Anderson
Department of Geography and the Environment/Center for Environmental Research
Email: Kevin.Anderson@ci.austin.tx.us

Jason Avent
BIO-MCDB Plant Bio.
Email: Jaavent@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: sustainable agriculture; arid agriculture; global warming

Dolgor Baasansuren
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Email: dolgor@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: sustainable development; rural regions

Bill Burnside
Section of Integrative Biology
Email: bbrurnside@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: climate change policy; ecology policy

Jaime Carlson
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Email: jaimecarlson@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: sustainable rural development

Carol-Ann Church
Community & Regional Planning
Email: cabba12@msn.com
Interests: Environmental Management

Michael Coffman
LBJ School of Public Affairs/Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Email: mlc7@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: foreign relations; environment

Kevin Connally
Travis County Natural Resources
Email: Kevin.Connally@co.travis.tx.us
Interests: Endangered specied; water quality; wildlife management; habitat conservation planning

John Delgado
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Email: john.delgado@mail.utexas.edu

Marcel Dulay
Engineering
Email: mdulay@uts.cc.utexas.edu
Interests: Env. engineering and policy, Sustainable development

Evan Economo
Integrative Biology
Email: epe@mail.utexas.edu

Rob Fergus
Department of Geography and the Environment
Email: fergus@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: urban nature conservation; sustainability; community based conservation

Hope Fitzgerald
Department of Geography and the Environment
Email: fitzgeraldh@mail.utexas.edu

Justin Fried
Comm. & Regional Planning
Email: justin_fried@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: Sustainability, Environmental justice, env. planning

Kyle Girten
LBJ School of Public Affairs/Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Email: kgirten@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: climate change; environmental justice

Jessica Gordon
Geography
Email: jdgordon@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Watershed systems

Wendy Gordon
Integrative Biology
Email: wgordon@mail.utexas.edu

Carly Holland
Architecture/Environmental Consulting
Email: cholland@aci-group.net
Interests: sustainable development; conservation of natural resources

David C. James
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Email: david.james@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: Sustainability, Environmental Economics, Artificial Intelligence,
Technology blog on sustainability: http://blog.davidcjames.com/index.php?cat=16

Jiang Jingli
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Email: jinglifaint@yahoo.com
Interests: poverty; human health; sustainable development; environmental protection

Victoria Junquera
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Email: victoriamaria@mail.utexas.edu

Pam Kearfott
LBJ School of Public Affairs/Environmental Engineering
Email: pkearfott@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: sustainable development; water policy

Gregory Knapp
Department of Geography and the Environment
Email: gwk@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: sustainable development, cultural landscapes, water, Americas

Greg Landreth
LBJ School of Public Affairs/Environmental Engineering
Email: gwlandreth@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: water resource management; water/wastewater infrastructure

Jamie Lipsey
Law/Comm. & Regional Planning
Email: jamielipsey@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: Environmental design, Env. Law, Env. Research

Sofia Lo
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Email: SofiaLo@mail.utexas.edu

Lisa Loftus-Otway
Center for Transportation Research
Email: loftusotway@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: sustainable transportation; international environmental law and treaties; sustainable development

Mike Lyday
City of Austin Watershed Protection
Email: mike.lyday@ci.austin.tx.us

John Matthews
Integrative Biology
Email: johoma@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: development; conservation; climate change; migratory species

M. Catherine McGuire
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Email: mcmcguire@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: transportation; international; urban growth management

Adam Newcomer
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Email: newcomer@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: climate change; air quality; electric power generation

Seth Otto
Community & Regional Planning/Institute for Latin American Studies
Email: ssotto@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: sustainable development; adaptive land reuse

Wendy Park
UT School of Law
Email: wpark@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: environmental justice; land use/conservation

Samraat Pawar
Integrative Biology
Email: samraat@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: conservation; South Asia

Suzanne Pierce
Department of Geological Sciences
Email: suzpierce@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: groundwater management

Alexandra Ritchie
LBJ School of Public Affairs/School of Law
Email: aritchielbj@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: water policy; conservation; waste management

Johanna Sevier
Institute of Latin American Studies
Email: johanna_sevier@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: integration of environmental and social policy

Marianne Shivers
Energy and Mineral Resources Graduate Program/Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
Email: marianneshivers@yahoo.com
Interests:Sustainable Resource Management and Environmental Regulations/Incentives

Daniel South
UT School of Law
Email: dsouth@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: water rights; land conservation; energy

Gabe Tiffany
LBJ School of Public Affairs/Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Email: gtiffany@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: sustainable development; land use; natural resources

Cindy Tom
LBJ School of Public Affairs/School of Law
Email: cynthiat@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: environmental and water law

Joanna Wolaver
Department of Geography and the Environment
Email: joannawolaver@yahoo.com
Interests: coastal management; sustainable development of urban areas

Sahotra Sarker
Department of Integrative Biology
Email: sarkar@mail.utexas.edu
Interests: Multi-criteria decision-making; conservation area network design